Black Watch Regimental Sergeant Major Brian Cooper also criticised the shortage of nuclear, biological and chemical protection suits and equipment.
In 2003, in a massive night time operation, the police raided Finsbury Park mosque and found chemical warfare protection suits, pistols, a stun gun, knives and more than 100 forged or stolen passports - all the suspected paraphernalia of jihadi training camps.
The blast-proof bus has armour-plated glass and was thought to offer protection from chemical attack.
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First, the illusion that this convention will provide protection against chemical weapons will tempt us to lower our guard.
We shouldn't be leaving our nuclear and chemical plants without enough protection.
In addition, a concerted research program should be mounted to develop detection devices for, and wherever possible, protection against chemical and biological weapons.
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India for years did not offer patent protection for chemical compounds but was obliged to do so after joining the World Trade Organization in 1995.
After a chemical loses its patent protection, and can be made in far cheaper generic versions, there is no financial incentive for a drug company to pay for large clinical studies.
In the U.S. generic companies can sell off-patent products immediately, but they have to compensate the company that originally registered the chemical with the Environmental Protection Agency--Monsanto in this case--for the data showing the product's safety and efficacy.
An OSHA spokesman said the agency is working with the Chemical Safety Board and Environmental Protection Agency to determine the cause of the Texas explosion.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the chemical can cause eye, nose, and throat irritation.
Over the past few months, CBS News, NPR and Dan Rather have run powerful segments and the popular media in general has cheerleaded a recent lawsuit spearheaded by the Center for Food Safety and other anti-chemical groups demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency ban the insecticide.
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Dr Jill Meara is affiliated to the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards at the Health Protection Agency.
Our deterrence still provides protection from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks by states, more of which possess these capacities than did at the end of the Cold War.
Among other things, I favor government-run roads, government-supported subways in large cities, educational subsidies for children whose parents cannot afford private tuition, safety regulation of dangerous chemical and nuclear facilities, regulation of natural monopolies, copyright protection, and so forth.
Presented by Senators Joseph Lieberman and Orrin Hatch, it will offer tax incentives, protection of patents and limited liability for any firm working on bio, chemical or radiological counter-measures.
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